Experimental Facility and Method for Studying Jet Impact Characteristics at Core Outlet of Fast Reactor

ABSTRACT

An experimental system a method for studying jet impact characteristics at a core outlet of a fast reactor are provided. The system includes a jet impact main loop including a water storage tank, plunger pumps, a filter, preheaters, a jet impact chamber, a heat regenerator, a condenser, valves, flow meters and pipelines connecting these facilities; a cooling loop including cooling tower, a cooling pump, a regulating valve and a flow meter; and a makeup water loop including a deionized water machine, a makeup water tank and a plunger pump. Water in the water storage tank flows to the heat regenerator via the plunger pump, is preliminarily heated by the heat regenerator and then is divided into three branches to flow to the jet impact container.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This patent application claims the benefit and priority of ChinesePatent Application No. 202011630653.X, entitled “EXPERIMENTAL FACILITYAND METHOD FOR STUDYING JET IMPACT CHARACTERISTICS AT CORE OUTLET OFFAST REACTOR” filed with the Chinese Patent Office on Dec. 30, 2020, thedisclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entiretyas part of the present application.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of cores of fastreactors, and specifically relates to an experimental facility and amethod for studying jet impact characteristics at a core outlet of afast reactor.

BACKGROUND ART

A fast reactor adopts liquid metal as a coolant, and has highereconomical efficiency and inherent safety. Most of core assemblies offast reactors are of box type design and are in typically closed fuelassembly design forms. The temperatures of coolants flowing out ofdifferent assemblies (such as a fuel assembly, a control rod assemblyand a breeding blanket assembly) are different, and a flow state at anoutlet area is extremely complex. Cold and hot fluids are mixed witheach other at the core outlet of the reactor in a jet manner,insufficient mixing leads to temperature fluctuation of the coolant, andthe temperature fluctuation of the coolant is transmitted to a surfaceclose to a solid structure in a heat conduction and heat convectionmanner. In this way, the surface of the solid structure generatestemperature oscillation that is transmitted to an interior of the solid.The structural member near the temperature pulsation is subjected toperiodic thermal stress, and thus thermal fatigue damage of thestructure may be caused after a long period of time. In addition, due toa high thermal conductivity of the liquid metal, compared with apressurized water reactor, thermal fatigue and structural integritydamage of components are easily caused. So, structural safety of thereactor is threatened. Therefore, a jet impact process of the coolantwith different temperatures at the core outlet area of the fast reactoris an important thermal-hydraulic phenomenon which must be considered inthe structure of the fast reactor, and is also the key point ofinternational fast reactor research.

Simplified geometric structures are mostly adopted by domestic andforeign scholars to research the temperature fluctuation condition inthe jet impact mixing process, which mainly includes parallel two jetsmodel, parallel triple jets model and a coaxial jet model. For example,the parallel two-jet model is designed by Wakamatsu and the like. Inthis parallel two model, the hot fluid and the cold fluid arerespectively injected into a mixing cavity through two rectangularnozzles; a structural plate is placed at a fixed position in the mixingcavity which is away from the nozzles; and the temperature fluctuationcondition of the fluid and a temperature fluctuation attenuation rate ofthe fluid flowing to the solid surface are obtained by experiments. Foranother example, parallel triple jets impact experiment is developed byTokuhiro and the like. In this experiment, the low-temperature fluidpasses through a middle nozzle; the hot fluid passes through nozzles ontwo sides; flow speeds of these three nozzles are different, and atemperature fluctuation condition of the fluid with differenttemperature differences in the triple jets impact process is obtainedthrough the experiment.

In practice, many experimental researches for fluid jet mixing phenomenaat different temperatures exist at domestic and foreign. However, thejet impact process of a simple channel is used as a research object.Structural difference between the jet impact process and a core outletstructure of an actual fast reactor is large, and an impact influence ofcoolant jet impact on a central measuring column of an upper plenum ofthe reactor core is not considered. In addition, due to a fact that theliquid metal is poor in light transmittance and extremely high inrequirement for an experimental loop, another working medium is adoptedto replace the liquid metal to conduct experiments, which is a goodchoice. Therefore, a corresponding scaling benchmark needs to bedesigned based on a similarity criterion and a modeling theory for coreoutlet structure of an actual fast reactor.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure provides an experimental system a method forstudying the jet impact characteristics at a core outlet of a fastreactor, aiming at solving the problem that an experimental facilitycannot meet the research requirement on jet impact at the outlet of thereactor core in the field of nuclear engineering. Scholars have obtainedsimilar standards of replacing a liquid metal with water or air byexperiments, so that the experimental system in the present disclosurereplaces the liquid metal with deionized water to carry out a jet impactexperiment. The system in the present disclosure can enable the jetimpact experiment under a large-range temperature difference workingcondition. Meanwhile, this system can flexibly regulate flows of threebranches, improve heat utilization rate of the system, and accuratelyobtain a large number of experiment parameters such as flow, temperatureand velocity. Accordingly, a jet impact phenomenon can be deeplyresearched.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present disclosure providesthe following technical solutions:

An experimental system for studying jet impact characteristics at a coreoutlet of a fast reactor includes a jet impact main loop of theexperimental system, a cooling loop and a makeup water loop, the jetimpact main loop of the experimental system includes a jet impactchamber, a heat regenerator, three branch pipelines for connecting aninlet of the jet impact chamber and a tube-side outlet of the heatregenerator, a first pipeline for connecting an outlet of the jet impactchamber and a shell-side inlet of the heat regenerator, a condenser, asecond pipeline for connecting a shell-side outlet of the heatregenerator and a shell-side inlet of the condenser, a water storagetank, a water return pipeline for connecting an inlet of the waterstorage tank and a shell-side outlet of the condenser, a fourth stopvalve installed on the water return pipeline and configured forregulating a flow of deionized water returning into the water storagetank, a main pipeline for connecting an outlet of the water storage tankand a tube-side inlet of the heat regenerator, and a filter, a firstregulating valve and a first plunger pump which are arranged on the mainpipeline, the jet impact chamber is configured to simulate the fastreactor core; the cooling loop includes the condenser, a cooling pumpconnected to the tube-side inlet of the condenser, a fifth regulatingvalve, a fourth flow meter connected to a tube-side outlet of thecondenser, and a cooling tower; and the makeup water loop includesnatural water supply, a deionized water machine, a makeup water tank anda second plunger pump.

A first stop valve, a first flow meter, a first preheater and a firstthermometer are sequentially installed on a first branch pipeline of thethree branch pipelines which is configured for connecting the tube-sideoutlet of the heat regenerator and the inlet of the jet impact chamber,the first stop valve is configured for regulating a flow of deionizedwater in the first branch pipeline, the flow of the deionized water inthe first branch pipeline is measured via the first flow meter, thefirst preheater is configured for heating the deionized water in thefirst branch pipeline, and a temperature of the deionized water in thefirst branch pipeline is measured via the first thermometer.

A second stop valve, a second flow meter, a second preheater and asecond thermometer sequentially are installed on a second branchpipeline of the three branch pipelines which is configured forconnecting the tube-side outlet of the heat regenerator and the inlet ofthe jet impact chamber, the second stop valve is configured forregulating a flow of deionized water in the second branch pipeline, theflow of the deionized water in the second branch pipeline is measuredvia the second flow meter, the second preheater is configured forheating the deionized water in the second branch pipeline, and atemperature of the deionized water in the second branch pipeline ismeasured via the second thermometer.

A third stop valve, a third flow meter, a third preheater and a thirdthermometer are sequentially installed on a third branch pipeline of thethree branch pipelines which is configured for connecting the tube-sideoutlet of the heat regenerator and the inlet of the jet impact chamber,the third stop valve is configured for regulating a flow of deionizedwater in the third branch pipeline, the flow of the deionized water inthe third branch pipeline is measured via the third flow meter, thethird preheater is configured for heating the deionized water in thethird branch pipeline, and a temperature of the deionized water in thethird branch pipeline is measured via the third thermometer;

On the jet impact main loop, upstream and downstream branches of theheat regenerator are respectively connected with two ends of a secondregulating valve via a third pipeline to form a first bypass loop, andthe first bypass loop assists in regulating a flow of deionized water inthe heat regenerator.

On the jet impact main loop, upstream and downstream branches of thecondenser are respectively connected with two ends of a third regulatingvalve via a fourth pipeline to form a second bypass loop, and the secondbypass loop assists in regulating a flow of deionized water in thecondenser.

On the jet impact main loop, upstream and downstream branches of thewater storage tank are respectively connected with two ends of a fourthregulating valve via a fifth pipeline to form a third bypass loop, andthe third bypass loop assists in regulating a flow of deionized water inthe jet impact main loop.

A ball valve installed on an upstream pipeline of the water storage tankand configured to be a drain outlet, an experimental working medium isdischarged via the ball valve after an experiment is conducted for aperiod of time.

A signal processor connected with a data measurement system in the jetimpact chamber, the signal processor includes a temperature measurementsystem and a particle image velocimetry system, to collect and processexperimental data.

The filter, the first regulating valve and the first plunger pump aresequentially connected from the outlet of the water storage tank to thetube-side inlet of the heat regenerator, and are arranged on the mainpipeline; the filter is configured to filter fluid at an inlet of thefirst plunger pump, the first regulating valve is configured to regulatea flow of the fluid at the inlet of the plunger pump, and the firstplunger pump is configured to drive the fluid to flow in the mainpipeline.

A wall surface of the jet impact chamber is a cylindrical barrel, asolid cylinder is installed in a center of a top section of thecylindrical barrel; high-temperature strain gauges are installed onportions of the wall surface of the solid cylinder which are atdifferent heights and configured for measuring thermal impact, which iscaused by deionized water jet impact at different temperatures, to thewall surface of the solid cylinder; the fluid flows out through anannular flow channel in the top section of the cylindrical barrel and isconnected to the shell-side inlet of the heat regenerator through thefirst pipeline after being collected; a thermocouple arrangement frameis arranged in the jet impact chamber; multiplehigh-temperature-resistant thermocouples are arranged on portions of thethermocouple arrangement frame which are at different heights andconfigured for measuring a temperature field in the jet impact chamber;three jet impact nozzles are welded at a bottom portion of the jetimpact chamber, are extended into the jet impact chamber to a presetheight, and are connected with the tube-side outlet of the heatregenerator via the three branch pipelines; and deionized water withdifferent temperatures and different flows enters the jet impact chamberthrough the three jet impact nozzles to generate a jet impact mixture.

In some embodiments, the cylindrical barrel of the jet impact chambermay be coated with a heat preservation layer, a diameter of thecylindrical barrel may be 580 mm, and a height of the cylindrical barrelmay be 800 mm; and a diameter of the solid cylinder which is installedin the center of the top section of the cylindrical barrel may be 180mm, and the solid cylinder may be made of stainless steel.

In some embodiments, the thermocouple arrangement frame may have sixlayers in a height direction of the cylindrical barrel, three layers ofthe six layers may be located in an area corresponding to the solidcylinder, six of the high-temperature-resistant thermocouples may beuniformly arranged on each of the three layers in a circumferentialdirection of the cylindrical barrel, remaining three layers of the sixlayers may be located in an area between the three jet impact nozzlesand the solid cylinder, and thirteen of the high-temperature-resistantthermocouples may be uniformly arranged on each of the remaining threelayers in the circumferential direction and a radial direction of thecylindrical barrel.

In some embodiments, the high-temperature strain gauges that arearranged on the portions of the wall surface of the solid cylinder maybe arranged into two layers in a height direction of the cylindricalbarrel, and four of the high-temperature strain gauges may be uniformlyarranged on each of the two layers in a circumferential direction of thecylindrical barrel.

In some embodiments, the three jet impact nozzles may be hexagonalsleeves, thicknesses of the hexagonal sleeves may be 4 mm, a side lengthinside each of the hexagonal sleeves may be 54 mm, the three jet impactnozzles are arranged triangularly, and a distance between centers of anytwo adjacent nozzles of the three jet impact nozzles may be 62 mm.

An experimental method based on an experimental facility for studyingjet impact characteristics at a core outlet of a fast reactor of thepresent disclosure includes: in an experiment, turning the natural watersupply into deionized water after the natural water supply passesthrough the deionized water machine, then enabling the deionized waterto reach the makeup water tank, and enabling the deionized water toenter into the water storage tank via the second plunger pump; enablingthe deionized water to flow out of the water storage tank and divideinto two paths, one of which returns to the water storage tank via thefifth pipeline where the fourth regulating valve is located, such thatflow and pressure are regulated; enabling the deionized water to mostlyenter into the jet impact main loop, pass through the filter, the firstregulating valve and the first plunger pump sequentially, and reach thetube-side inlet of the heat regenerator; enabling the deionized water inthe heat regenerator to absorb heat of high-temperature deionized waterflowing out of the jet impact chamber, and increasing a temperature ofthe deionized water preliminarily; dividing the deionized water of whichthe temperature is preliminarily increased into three parallel branchesto be led to the bottom portion of the jet impact chamber; on the threeparallel branches, regulating the flow of the deionized water of thethree parallel branches through the first stop valve, the second stopvalve and the third stop valve respectively; enabling the deionizedwater to enter the first preheater, the second preheater and the thirdpreheater after passing through the first flow meter, the second flowmeter and the third flow meter respectively; heating the deionized waterto different temperatures by regulating electric power of respectiveheating rods of the first preheater, the second preheater and the thirdpreheater; measuring specific temperature values by the firstthermometer, the second thermometer and the third thermometerrespectively; enabling the deionized water with different temperaturesand flows to enter the jet impact chamber through the three jet impactnozzles; intensely mixing the deionized water with differenttemperatures and flows in the jet impact chamber; and enabling thedeionized water after being mixed to flow upwards to impact the solidcylinder; cooling the deionized water flowing out of the jet impactchamber after the deionized water flows through the heat regenerator andthe condenser, and enabling the deionized water to finally return to thewater storage tank to form a closed circulation; connecting the secondregulating valve to two ends of the heat regenerator in parallel via thethird pipeline to form the first bypass loop, and connecting the thirdregulating valve to two ends of the condenser in parallel via the fourthpipeline to form the second bypass loop; and enabling the deionizedwater in the jet impact main loop to minorly pass through the firstbypass loop and the second bypass loop, such that the flow of thedeionized water in both of the heat regenerator and the condenser isregulated.

In some embodiments, sending water in the cooling loop to the tube-sideinlet of the condenser via the cooling pump and the fifth regulatingvalve, enabling heat exchange to be conducted between the water and thehigh-temperature deionized water in the jet impact main loop in thecondenser; and enabling the water to flow through the fourth flow meterafter the water is heated, and finally to reach the cooling tower to becooled.

Compared with the prior art, the embodiments have the followingadvantages:

Firstly, the three jet impact nozzles in the jet impact chamber aredesigned with reference to the actual structure of a fast reactor coreassembly, and the three nozzles are extended in the jet impact chamberto a certain height, so that the jet impact process of the experimentalworking medium is not affected by the bottom structure of the jet impactchamber.

Secondly, the stop valves and the preheaters are respectively arrangedon each of the three branch pipelines, so that the flow and thetemperature of each of the three branch pipelines can be flexiblycontrolled, and the experiment is conducted under the working conditionsof large-range inlet temperature difference and inlet flow.

Thirdly, the heat utilization rate of the system is improved via thearrangement of the heat regenerator.

Fourthly, temperature measuring points in the jet impact chamber arearranged on the thermocouple arrangement frame, the measuring pointarrangement is more flexible, and experimental facilities such as asimulation control rod guide pipe can be installed on the thermocouplearrangement frame in the later period.

Fifthly, the experimental system adopts a particle image velocimetrytechnology, flow data in the jet impact chamber can be accuratelymeasured, and the precision and the visualization degree are higher.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram of an experiment system;

FIG. 2 is a front view shows a structure of a jet impact chamber andmeasuring points arrangement therein;

FIG. 3 is a top cross section view taken along line A-A of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a top cross section view taken along line B-B of FIG. 2; and

FIG. 5 is a top cross section view taken along line C-C of FIG. 2.

List of reference characters: 1 jet impact chamber; 2 signal processor;3 heat regenerator; 4 condenser; 5 water storage tank; 6 filter; 7 firstregulating valve; 8 first plunger pump; 9 first stop valve; 10 secondstop valve; 11 third stop valve; 12 first flow meter; 13 second flowmeter; 14 third flow meter; 15 first preheater; 16 second preheater; 17third preheater; 18 first thermometer; 19 second thermometer; 20 thirdthermometer; 21 second regulating valve; 22 third regulating valve; 23fourth stop valve; 24 fourth regulating valve; 25 ball valve; 201cooling pump; 202 fifth regulating valve; 203 fourth flow meter; 204cooling tower; 301 deionized water machine; 302 makeup water tank; 303second plunger pump; 101 solid cylinder; 102 high-temperature straingauge; 103 thermocouple arrangement frame; 104high-temperature-resistant thermocouple; 105 cylindrical barrel; and 106three jet impact nozzles.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

The following describes the present disclosure in detail with referenceto the attached figures.

As shown in FIG. 1, an experimental system for studying jet impactcharacteristics at a core outlet of a fast reactor, the experimentalsystem includes a jet impact main loop of the experimental system, acooling loop and a makeup water loop. The jet impact main loop of theexperimental system includes a jet impact chamber 1, a heat regenerator3, three branch pipelines for connecting an inlet of the jet impactchamber 1 and a tube-side outlet of the heat regenerator 3, a firstpipeline for connecting an outlet of the jet impact chamber 1 and ashell-side inlet of the heat regenerator 3, a condenser 4, a secondpipeline for connecting a shell-side outlet of the heat regenerator 3and a shell-side inlet of the condenser 4, a water storage tank 5, awater return pipeline for connecting an inlet of the water storage tank5 and a shell-side outlet of the condenser 4, a fourth stop valve 23installed on the water return pipeline and configured for regulating aflow of deionized water returning into the water storage tank 5, a mainpipeline for connecting an outlet of the water storage tank 5 and atube-side inlet of the heat regenerator 3, and a filter 6, a firstregulating valve 7 and a first plunger pump 8 which are arranged on themain pipeline, the jet impact chamber 1 is configured to simulate thefast reactor core. The cooling loop includes the condenser 4, a coolingpump 201 connected to the tube-side inlet of the condenser 4, a fifthregulating valve 202, a fourth flow meter 203 connected to a tube-sideoutlet of the condenser 4, and a cooling tower 204. And the makeup waterloop includes natural water supply, a deionized water machine 301, amakeup water tank 302 and a second plunger pump 303.

A first stop valve 9, a first flow meter 12, a first preheater 15 and afirst thermometer 18 sequentially installed on a first branch pipelineof the three branch pipelines which is configured for connecting thetube-side outlet of the heat regenerator 3 and the inlet of the jetimpact chamber 1. The first stop valve 9 is configured for regulating aflow of deionized water in the first branch pipeline, the flow of thedeionized water in the first branch pipeline is measured via the firstflow meter 12, the first preheater 15 is configured for heating thedeionized water in the first branch pipeline, and a temperature of thedeionized water in the first branch pipeline is measured via the firstthermometer 18.

A second stop valve 10, a second flow meter 13, a second preheater 16and a second thermometer 19 sequentially installed on a second branchpipeline of the three branch pipelines which is configured forconnecting the tube-side outlet of the heat regenerator 3 and the inletof the jet impact chamber 1. The second stop valve 10 is configured forregulating a flow of deionized water in the second branch pipeline, theflow of the deionized water in the second branch pipeline is measuredvia the second flow meter 13, the second preheater 16 is configured forheating the deionized water in the second branch pipeline, and atemperature of the deionized water in the second branch pipeline ismeasured via the second thermometer 19.

A third stop valve 11, a third flow meter 14, a third preheater 17 and athird thermometer 20 sequentially installed on a third branch pipelineof the three branch pipelines which is configured for connecting thetube-side outlet of the heat regenerator 3 and the inlet of the jetimpact chamber 1. The third stop valve 11 is configured for regulating aflow of deionized water in the third branch pipeline, the flow of thedeionized water in the third branch pipeline is measured via the thirdflow meter 13, the third preheater 17 is configured for heating thedeionized water in the third branch pipeline, and a temperature of thedeionized water in the third branch pipeline is measured via the thirdthermometer 20.

On the jet impact main loop, upstream and downstream branches of theheat regenerator 3 are respectively connected with two ends of a secondregulating valve 21 via a third pipeline to form a first bypass loop,and the first bypass loop assists in regulating a flow of deionizedwater in the heat regenerator 3.

On the jet impact main loop, upstream and downstream branches of thecondenser 4 are respectively connected with two ends of a thirdregulating valve 22 via a fourth pipeline to form a second bypass loop,and the second bypass loop assists in regulating a flow of deionizedwater in the condenser 4.

On the jet impact main loop, upstream and downstream branches of thewater storage tank 5 are respectively connected with two ends of afourth regulating valve 24 via a fifth pipeline to form a third bypassloop, and the third bypass loop assists in regulating a flow ofdeionized water in the jet impact main loop.

A ball valve 25 installed on an upstream pipeline of the water storagetank 5 and configured to be a drain outlet. An experimental workingmedium is discharged via the ball valve 25 after an experiment isconducted for a period of time.

A signal processor 2 connected with a data measurement system in the jetimpact chamber 1. The signal processor includes a temperaturemeasurement system and a particle image velocimetry system, to collectand process experimental data.

The filter 6, the first regulating valve 7 and the first plunger pump 8are sequentially connected from the outlet of the water storage tank 5to the tube-side inlet of the heat regenerator 3, and are arranged onthe main pipeline; the filter 6 is configured to filter fluid at aninlet of the first plunger pump 8, the first regulating valve 7 isconfigured to regulate a flow of the fluid at the inlet of the plungerpump 8, and the first plunger pump 8 is configured to drive the fluid toflow in the main pipeline.

As shown in FIG. 2, the cylindrical barrel 105 of the jet impact chamber1 is coated with a heat preservation layer, a diameter of thecylindrical barrel 105 is 580 mm, and a height of the cylindrical barrel105 is 800 mm. And a diameter of the solid cylinder 101 which isinstalled in the center of the top section of the cylindrical barrel 105is 180 mm, and the solid cylinder 101 is made of stainless steel.high-temperature strain gauges 102 are installed on portions of the wallsurface of the solid cylinder which are at different heights andconfigured for measuring thermal impact, which is caused by deionizedwater jet impact at different temperatures, to the wall surface of thesolid cylinder. The fluid flows out through an annular flow channel inthe top section of the cylindrical barrel 105 and is connected to theshell-side inlet of the heat regenerator 3 through the first pipelineafter being collected. A thermocouple arrangement frame 103 is arrangedin the jet impact chamber 1. Multiple high-temperature-resistantthermocouples 104 are arranged on portions of the thermocouplearrangement frame 103 which are at different heights and configured formeasuring a temperature field in the jet impact chamber 1; three jetimpact nozzles 106 are welded at a bottom portion of the jet impactchamber 1, are extended into the jet impact chamber 1 to a presetheight, and are connected with the tube-side outlet of the heatregenerator 3 via the three branch pipelines. And deionized water withdifferent temperatures and different flows enters the jet impact chamber1 through the three jet impact nozzles 106 to generate a jet impactmixture.

As a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, the thermocouplearrangement frame 103 has six layers in a height direction of thecylindrical barrel, three layers of the six layers are located in anarea corresponding to the solid cylinder 101, six of thehigh-temperature-resistant thermocouples 104 are uniformly arranged oneach of the three layers in a circumferential direction of thecylindrical barrel, remaining three layers of the six layers are locatedin an area between the three jet impact nozzles 106 and the solidcylinder 101, and thirteen of the high-temperature-resistantthermocouples 104 are uniformly arranged on each of the remaining threelayers in the circumferential direction and a radial direction of thecylindrical barrel, as shown in FIG. 4.

As shown in FIG. 2, the high-temperature strain gauges 102 that arearranged on the portions of the wall surface of the solid cylinder 101are arranged into two layers in a height direction of the cylindricalbarrel, and four of the high-temperature strain gauges 102 are uniformlyarranged on each of the two layers in a circumferential direction of thecylindrical barrel, as shown in FIG. 3.

As shown in FIG. 5, the three jet impact nozzles 106 are hexagonalsleeves, thicknesses of the hexagonal sleeves are 4 mm, a side lengthinside each of the hexagonal sleeves is 54 mm, the three jet impactnozzles are arranged triangularly, and a distance between centers of anytwo adjacent nozzles of the three jet impact nozzles is 62 mm.

As shown in FIG. 1, an experimental method of an experimental facilityfor studying jet impact characteristics at a core outlet of a fastreactor includes: in an experiment, the natural water supply is turnedinto deionized water after the natural water supply passes through thedeionized water machine 301, then the deionized water reaches the makeupwater tank 302, and the deionized water enters into the water storagetank 5 via the second plunger pump 303. The deionized water flows out ofthe water storage tank 5 and divides into two paths, one of whichreturns to the water storage tank 5 via the fifth pipeline where thefourth regulating valve 24 is located, such that flow and pressure areregulated. The deionized water mostly enters into the jet impact mainloop, passes through the filter 6, the first regulating valve 7 and thefirst plunger pump 8 sequentially, and reaches the tube-side inlet ofthe heat regenerator 3. The deionized water in the heat regenerator 3absorbs heat of high-temperature deionized water flowing out of the jetimpact chamber 1, and a temperature of the deionized water is increasedpreliminarily. The deionized water of which the temperature ispreliminarily increased is divided into three parallel branches to beled to the bottom portion of the jet impact chamber 1. On the threeparallel branches, the flow of the deionized water of the three parallelbranches is regulated through the first stop valve 9, the second stopvalve 10 and the third stop valve 11 respectively. The deionized waterenters the first preheater 15, the second preheater 16 and the thirdpreheater 17 after passing through the first flow meter 12, the secondflow meter 13 and the third flow meter 14 respectively. The deionizedwater is heated to different temperatures by regulating electric powerof respective heating rods of the first preheater, the second preheaterand the third preheater. Specific temperature values is measured by thefirst thermometer 18, the second thermometer 19 and the thirdthermometer 20 respectively. The deionized water with differenttemperatures and flows enters the jet impact chamber 1 through the threejet impact nozzles 106. The deionized water with different temperaturesand flows is intensely mixed in the jet impact chamber 1. And thedeionized water after being mixed flows upwards to impact the solidcylinder 101. The deionized water flowing out of the jet impact chamber1 is cooled after the deionized water flows through the heat regenerator3 and the condenser 4, and the deionized water finally returns to thewater storage tank 5 to form a closed circulation. The second regulatingvalve 21 is connected to two ends of the heat regenerator 3 in parallelvia the third pipeline to form the first bypass loop, and the thirdregulating valve 22 is connected to two ends of the condenser 4 inparallel via the fourth pipeline to form the second bypass loop. And thedeionized water in the jet impact main loop minorly passes through thefirst bypass loop and the second bypass loop, such that the flow of thedeionized water in both of the heat regenerator 3 and the condenser 4 isregulated.

Water in the cooling loop is sent to the tube-side inlet of thecondenser 4 via the cooling pump 201 and the fifth regulating valve 202.Heat exchange is conducted between the water and the high-temperaturedeionized water in the jet impact main loop in the condenser 4. And thewater flows through the fourth flow meter 203 after the water is heated,and finally reaches the cooling tower 204 to be cooled.

The foregoing is merely illustrative of the present disclosure, and itis not to be construed that the specific embodiments of the presentdisclosure are limited thereto, and changes and modifications to theembodiments described above should be considered within the scope of theclaims of the present disclosure for those skilled in the art to bewithin the true spirit of the present disclosure.

What is claimed is:
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An experimental system for studying jet impactcharacteristics at a core outlet of a fast reactor, the experimentalsystem comprising: a jet impact main loop of the experimental system, acooling loop and a makeup water loop, wherein the jet impact main loopof the experimental system comprises a jet impact chamber, a heatregenerator, three branch pipelines for connecting an inlet of the jetimpact chamber and a tube-side outlet of the heat regenerator, a firstpipeline for connecting an outlet of the jet impact chamber and ashell-side inlet of the heat regenerator, a condenser, a second pipelinefor connecting a shell-side outlet of the heat regenerator and ashell-side inlet of the condenser, a water storage tank, a water returnpipeline for connecting an inlet of the water storage tank and ashell-side outlet of the condenser, a fourth stop valve installed on thewater return pipeline and configured for regulating a flow of deionizedwater returning into the water storage tank, a main pipeline forconnecting an outlet of the water storage tank and a tube-side inlet ofthe heat regenerator, and a filter, a first regulating valve and a firstplunger pump which are arranged on the main pipeline, wherein the jetimpact chamber is configured to simulate the fast reactor core; thecooling loop comprises the condenser, a cooling pump connected to thetube-side inlet of the condenser, a fifth regulating valve, a fourthflow meter connected to a tube-side outlet of the condenser, and acooling tower; and the makeup water loop comprises natural water supply,a deionized water machine, a makeup water tank and a second plungerpump; a first stop valve, a first flow meter, a first preheater and afirst thermometer sequentially installed on a first branch pipeline ofthe three branch pipelines which is configured for connecting thetube-side outlet of the heat regenerator and the inlet of the jet impactchamber, wherein the first stop valve is configured for regulating aflow of deionized water in the first branch pipeline, the flow of thedeionized water in the first branch pipeline is measured via the firstflow meter, the first preheater is configured for heating the deionizedwater in the first branch pipeline, and a temperature of the deionizedwater in the first branch pipeline is measured via the firstthermometer; a second stop valve, a second flow meter, a secondpreheater and a second thermometer sequentially installed on a secondbranch pipeline of the three branch pipelines which is configured forconnecting the tube-side outlet of the heat regenerator and the inlet ofthe jet impact chamber, wherein the second stop valve is configured forregulating a flow of deionized water in the second branch pipeline, theflow of the deionized water in the second branch pipeline is measuredvia the second flow meter, the second preheater is configured forheating the deionized water in the second branch pipeline, and atemperature of the deionized water in the second branch pipeline ismeasured via the second thermometer; a third stop valve, a third flowmeter, a third preheater and a third thermometer sequentially installedon a third branch pipeline of the three branch pipelines which isconfigured for connecting the tube-side outlet of the heat regeneratorand the inlet of the jet impact chamber, wherein the third stop valve isconfigured for regulating a flow of deionized water in the third branchpipeline, the flow of the deionized water in the third branch pipelineis measured via the third flow meter, the third preheater is configuredfor heating the deionized water in the third branch pipeline, and atemperature of the deionized water in the third branch pipeline ismeasured via the third thermometer; wherein on the jet impact main loop,upstream and downstream branches of the heat regenerator arerespectively connected with two ends of a second regulating valve via athird pipeline to form a first bypass loop, and the first bypass loopassists in regulating a flow of deionized water in the heat regenerator;wherein on the jet impact main loop, upstream and downstream branches ofthe condenser are respectively connected with two ends of a thirdregulating valve via a fourth pipeline to form a second bypass loop, andthe second bypass loop assists in regulating a flow of deionized waterin the condenser; wherein on the jet impact main loop, upstream anddownstream branches of the water storage tank are respectively connectedwith two ends of a fourth regulating valve via a fifth pipeline to forma third bypass loop, and the third bypass loop assists in regulating aflow of deionized water in the jet impact main loop; a ball valveinstalled on an upstream pipeline of the water storage tank andconfigured to be a drain outlet, wherein an experimental working mediumis discharged via the ball valve after an experiment is conducted for aperiod of time; and a signal processor connected with a data measurementsystem in the jet impact chamber, wherein the signal processor comprisesa temperature measurement system and a particle image velocimetrysystem, to collect and process experimental data; wherein the filter,the first regulating valve and the first plunger pump are sequentiallyconnected from the outlet of the water storage tank to the tube-sideinlet of the heat regenerator, and are arranged on the main pipeline;the filter is configured to filter fluid at an inlet of the firstplunger pump, the first regulating valve is configured to regulate aflow of the fluid at the inlet of the plunger pump, and the firstplunger pump is configured to drive the fluid to flow in the mainpipeline; wherein a wall surface of the jet impact chamber is acylindrical barrel, a solid cylinder is installed in a center of a topsection of the cylindrical barrel; high-temperature strain gauges areinstalled on portions of the wall surface of the solid cylinder whichare at different heights and configured for measuring thermal impact,which is caused by deionized water jet impact at different temperatures,to the wall surface of the solid cylinder; the fluid flows out throughan annular flow channel in the top section of the cylindrical barrel andis connected to the shell-side inlet of the heat regenerator through thefirst pipeline after being collected; a thermocouple arrangement frameis arranged in the jet impact chamber; a plurality ofhigh-temperature-resistant thermocouples are arranged on portions of thethermocouple arrangement frame which are at different heights andconfigured for measuring a temperature field in the jet impact chamber;three jet impact nozzles are welded at a bottom portion of the jetimpact chamber, are extended into the jet impact chamber to a presetheight, and are connected with the tube-side outlet of the heatregenerator via the three branch pipelines; and deionized water withdifferent temperatures and different flows enters the jet impact chamberthrough the three jet impact nozzles to generate a jet impact mixture.2. The experimental system for studying jet impact characteristics at acore outlet of a fast reactor according to claim 1, wherein thecylindrical barrel of the jet impact chamber is coated with a heatpreservation layer, a diameter of the cylindrical barrel is 580 mm, anda height of the cylindrical barrel is 800 mm; and a diameter of thesolid cylinder which is installed in the center of the top section ofthe cylindrical barrel is 180 mm, and the solid cylinder is made ofstainless steel.
 3. The experimental system for studying jet impactcharacteristics at a core outlet of a fast reactor according to claim 1,wherein the thermocouple arrangement frame has six layers in a heightdirection of the cylindrical barrel, three layers of the six layers arelocated in an area corresponding to the solid cylinder, six of thehigh-temperature-resistant thermocouples are uniformly arranged on eachof the three layers in a circumferential direction of the cylindricalbarrel, remaining three layers of the six layers are located in an areabetween the three jet impact nozzles and the solid cylinder, andthirteen of the high-temperature-resistant thermocouples are uniformlyarranged on each of the remaining three layers in the circumferentialdirection and a radial direction of the cylindrical barrel.
 4. Theexperimental system for studying jet impact characteristics at a coreoutlet of a fast reactor according to claim 1, wherein thehigh-temperature strain gauges that are arranged on the portions of thewall surface of the solid cylinder are arranged into two layers in aheight direction of the cylindrical barrel, and four of thehigh-temperature strain gauges are uniformly arranged on each of the twolayers in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical barrel.
 5. Theexperimental system for studying jet impact characteristics at a coreoutlet of a fast reactor according to claim 1, wherein the three jetimpact nozzles are hexagonal sleeves, thicknesses of the hexagonalsleeves are 4 mm, a side length inside each of the hexagonal sleeves is54 mm, the three jet impact nozzles are arranged triangularly, and adistance between centers of any two adjacent nozzles of the three jetimpact nozzles is 62 mm.
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An experimental method based on anexperimental facility for studying jet impact characteristics at a coreoutlet of a fast reactor, the experimental system comprising: a jetimpact main loop of the experimental system, a cooling loop and a makeupwater loop, wherein the jet impact main loop of the experimental systemcomprises a jet impact chamber, a heat regenerator, three branchpipelines for connecting an inlet of the jet impact chamber and atube-side outlet of the heat regenerator, a first pipeline forconnecting an outlet of the jet impact chamber and a shell-side inlet ofthe heat regenerator, a condenser, a second pipeline for connecting ashell-side outlet of the heat regenerator and a shell-side inlet of thecondenser, a water storage tank, a water return pipeline for connectingan inlet of the water storage tank and a shell-side outlet of thecondenser, a fourth stop valve installed on the water return pipelineand configured for regulating a flow of deionized water returning intothe water storage tank, a main pipeline for connecting an outlet of thewater storage tank and a tube-side inlet of the heat regenerator, and afilter, a first regulating valve and a first plunger pump which arearranged on the main pipeline, wherein the jet impact chamber isconfigured to simulate the core of the fast reactor; the cooling loopcomprises the condenser, a cooling pump connected to the tube-side inletof the condenser, a fifth regulating valve, a fourth flow meterconnected to a tube-side outlet of the condenser, and a cooling tower;and the makeup water loop comprises natural water supply, a deionizedwater machine, a makeup water tank and a second plunger pump; a firststop valve, a first flow meter, a first preheater and a firstthermometer sequentially installed on a first branch pipeline of thethree branch pipelines which is configured for connecting the tube-sideoutlet of the heat regenerator and the inlet of the jet impact chamber,wherein the first stop valve is configured for regulating a flow ofdeionized water in the first branch pipeline, the flow of the deionizedwater in the first branch pipeline is measured via the first flow meter,the first preheater is configured for heating the deionized water in thefirst branch pipeline, and a temperature of the deionized water in thefirst branch pipeline is measured via the first thermometer; a secondstop valve, a second flow meter, a second preheater and a secondthermometer sequentially installed on a second branch pipeline of thethree branch pipelines which is configured for connecting the tube-sideoutlet of the heat regenerator and the inlet of the jet impact chamber,wherein the second stop valve is configured for regulating a flow ofdeionized water in the second branch pipeline, the flow of the deionizedwater in the second branch pipeline is measured via the second flowmeter, the second preheater is configured for heating the deionizedwater in the second branch pipeline, and a temperature of the deionizedwater in the second branch pipeline is measured via the secondthermometer; a third stop valve, a third flow meter, a third preheaterand a third thermometer sequentially installed on a third branchpipeline of the three branch pipelines which is configured forconnecting the tube-side outlet of the heat regenerator and the inlet ofthe jet impact chamber, wherein the third stop valve is configured forregulating a flow of deionized water in the third branch pipeline, theflow of the deionized water in the third branch pipeline is measured viathe third flow meter, the third preheater is configured for heating thedeionized water in the third branch pipeline, and a temperature of thedeionized water in the third branch pipeline is measured via the thirdthermometer; wherein on the jet impact main loop, upstream anddownstream branches of the heat regenerator are respectively connectedwith two ends of a second regulating valve via a third pipeline to forma first bypass loop, and the first bypass loop assists in regulating aflow of deionized water in the heat regenerator; wherein on the jetimpact main loop, upstream and downstream branches of the condenser arerespectively connected with two ends of a third regulating valve via afourth pipeline to form a second bypass loop, and the second bypass loopassists in regulating a flow of deionized water in the condenser;wherein on the jet impact main loop, upstream and downstream branches ofthe water storage tank are respectively connected with two ends of afourth regulating valve via a fifth pipeline to form a third bypassloop, and the third bypass loop assists in regulating a flow ofdeionized water in the jet impact main loop; a ball valve installed onan upstream pipeline of the water storage tank and configured to be adrain outlet, wherein an experimental working medium is discharged viathe ball valve after an experiment is conducted for a period of time;and a signal processor connected with a data measurement system in thejet impact chamber, wherein the signal processor comprises a temperaturemeasurement system and a particle image velocimetry system, to collectand process experimental data; wherein the filter, the first regulatingvalve and the first plunger pump are sequentially connected from theoutlet of the water storage tank to the tube-side inlet of the heatregenerator, and are arranged on the main pipeline; the filter isconfigured to filter fluid at an inlet of the first plunger pump, thefirst regulating valve is configured to regulate a flow of the fluid atthe inlet of the plunger pump, and the first plunger pump is configuredto drive the fluid to flow in the main pipeline; wherein a wall surfaceof the jet impact chamber is a cylindrical barrel, a solid cylinder isinstalled in a center of a top section of the cylindrical barrel;high-temperature strain gauges are installed on portions of the wallsurface of the solid cylinder which are at different heights andconfigured for measuring thermal impact, which is caused by deionizedwater jet impact at different temperatures, to the wall surface of thesolid cylinder; the fluid flows out through an annular flow channel inthe top section of the cylindrical barrel and is connected to theshell-side inlet of the heat regenerator through the first pipelineafter being collected; a thermocouple arrangement frame is arranged inthe jet impact chamber; a plurality of high-temperature-resistantthermocouples are arranged on portions of the thermocouple arrangementframe which are at different heights and configured for measuring atemperature field in the jet impact chamber; three jet impact nozzlesare welded at a bottom portion of the jet impact chamber, are extendedinto the jet impact chamber to a preset height, and are connected withthe tube-side outlet of the heat regenerator via the three branchpipelines; and deionized water with different temperatures and differentflows enters the jet impact chamber through the three jet impact nozzlesto generate a jet impact mixture; the experimental method comprising: inan experiment, turning the natural water supply into deionized waterafter the natural water supply passes through the deionized watermachine, then enabling the deionized water to reach the makeup watertank, and enabling the deionized water to enter into the water storagetank via the second plunger pump; enabling the deionized water to flowout of the water storage tank and divide into two paths, one of whichreturns to the water storage tank via the fifth pipeline where thefourth regulating valve is located, such that flow and pressure areregulated; enabling the deionized water to mostly enter into the jetimpact main loop, pass through the filter, the first regulating valveand the first plunger pump sequentially, and reach the tube-side inletof the heat regenerator; enabling the deionized water in the heatregenerator to absorb heat of high-temperature deionized water flowingout of the jet impact chamber, and increasing a temperature of thedeionized water preliminarily; dividing the deionized water of which thetemperature is preliminarily increased into three parallel branches tobe led to the bottom portion of the jet impact chamber; on the threeparallel branches, regulating the flow of the deionized water of thethree parallel branches through the first stop valve, the second stopvalve and the third stop valve respectively; enabling the deionizedwater to enter the first preheater, the second preheater and the thirdpreheater after passing through the first flow meter, the second flowmeter and the third flow meter respectively; heating the deionized waterto different temperatures by regulating electric power of respectiveheating rods of the first preheater, the second preheater and the thirdpreheater; measuring specific temperature values by the firstthermometer, the second thermometer and the third thermometerrespectively; enabling the deionized water with different temperaturesand flows to enter the jet impact chamber through the three jet impactnozzles; intensely mixing the deionized water with differenttemperatures and flows in the jet impact chamber; and enabling thedeionized water after being mixed to flow upwards to impact the solidcylinder; cooling the deionized water flowing out of the jet impactchamber after the deionized water flows through the heat regenerator andthe condenser, and enabling the deionized water to finally return to thewater storage tank to form a closed circulation; connecting the secondregulating valve to two ends of the heat regenerator in parallel via thethird pipeline to form the first bypass loop, and connecting the thirdregulating valve to two ends of the condenser in parallel via the fourthpipeline to form the second bypass loop; and enabling the deionizedwater in the jet impact main loop to minorly pass through the firstbypass loop and the second bypass loop, such that the flow of thedeionized water in both of the heat regenerator and the condenser isregulated; sending water in the cooling loop to the tube-side inlet ofthe condenser via the cooling pump and the fifth regulating valve,enabling heat exchange to be conducted between the water and thehigh-temperature deionized water in the jet impact main loop in thecondenser; and enabling the water to flow through the fourth flow meterafter the water is heated, and finally to reach the cooling tower to becooled.
 7. An experimental method based on an experimental facility forstudying jet impact characteristics at a core outlet of a fast reactoraccording to claim 6, wherein the cylindrical barrel of the jet impactchamber is coated with a heat preservation layer, a diameter of thecylindrical barrel is 580 mm, and a height of the cylindrical barrel is800 mm; and a diameter of the solid cylinder which is installed in thecenter of the top section of the cylindrical barrel is 180 mm, and thesolid cylinder is made of stainless steel.
 8. An experimental methodbased on an experimental facility for studying jet impactcharacteristics at a core outlet of a fast reactor according to claim 6,wherein the thermocouple arrangement frame has six layers in a heightdirection of the cylindrical barrel, three layers of the six layers arelocated in an area corresponding to the solid cylinder, six of thehigh-temperature-resistant thermocouples are uniformly arranged on eachof the three layers in a circumferential direction of the cylindricalbarrel, remaining three layers of the six layers are located in an areabetween the three jet impact nozzles and the solid cylinder, andthirteen of the high-temperature-resistant thermocouples are uniformlyarranged on each of the remaining three layers in the circumferentialdirection and a radial direction of the cylindrical barrel.
 9. Anexperimental method based on an experimental facility for studying jetimpact characteristics at a core outlet of a fast reactor according toclaim 6, wherein the high-temperature strain gauges that are arranged onthe portions of the wall surface of the solid cylinder are arranged intotwo layers in a height direction of the cylindrical barrel, and four ofthe high-temperature strain gauges are uniformly arranged on each of thetwo layers in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical barrel. 10.An experimental method based on an experimental facility for studyingjet impact characteristics at a core outlet of a fast reactor accordingto claim 6, wherein the three jet impact nozzles are hexagonal sleeves,thicknesses of the hexagonal sleeves are 4 mm, a side length inside eachof the hexagonal sleeves is 54 mm, the three jet impact nozzles arearranged triangularly, and a distance between centers of any twoadjacent nozzles of the three jet impact nozzles is 62 mm.